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out-of-towner

American  
[out-uhv-tou-ner] / ˈaʊt əvˈtaʊ nər /

noun

  1. a visitor from another town or city.

    The World's Fair brought many out-of-towners to New Orleans.

Etymology

Origin of out-of-towner

First recorded in 1910–15; out-of-town + -er 1

Example Sentences

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Whenever we’ve hosted an out-of-towner friend, they’ll almost always comment on how we seem to live in some kind of commune.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 17, 2025

Overhearing word of an out-of-towner from Idaho, an Army veteran seated at the corner of the bar with a pencil-thin mustache and a firm grip on a bottle of Coors Light chimes in.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023

"Your city terrifies me," tweeted Tanny Martin, an out-of-towner from Austin, Texas, according to the paper.

From Fox News • Aug. 24, 2021

In the reboot, the mean girl Monet de Haan snarks, “She has a headband on” when she spots Zoya, the out-of-towner.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2021

They can tell a New Yorker from an out-of-towner every time.

From Cheerful—By Request by Ferber, Edna

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